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country, it may fairly be affirmed to have led in the development of 

 instruction in this important profession. It was for many years in 

 charge of Prof. W. K. Ware, who left the Institute in 1880 to assume 

 charge of the newly established department at Columbia College. In 

 common with the other departments of the Institute, that of architec- 

 ture has developed enormously within recent years. Three times since 

 1883 has the department been obliged to change its location in order 



John D. Ruxki.e. President, 1S70-1878. 



to meet the continued need of expansion. From the original small 

 quarters in the upper floor of the Eogers Building, it has grown so 

 that it now occupies two and one half floors in the Pierce Building, 

 besides a large room for modelling in another building. The draw- 

 ing-rooms now accommodate over two hundred students. The de- 

 partment has a magnificent library and a very large collection of 

 photographs and lantern slides. Under the careful management of 



